Frauenberg (Nahe)

	FRAUENBERG Country : Germany State : Rheinland-Pfalz District (Kreis) : Birkenfeld Verbandsgemeinde:Baumholder Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":49.67439999999999855617716093547642230987548828125,"lon":7.28990000000000026858515411731787025928497314453125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In schräglinks geteiltem Schild vorne rot-silbernes Schach, hinten in Grün über einer goldenen Burg ein Frauenporträt mit Krone in natürlichen Farben.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 23, 1965.

The arms are a combination of the checquered field of the arms of the Counts of Sponheim, to which the area historically belonged, and in the lower half a female bust and a castle. The latter are canting elements refer to Countess Loretta von Sponheim (Frau = lady), who built the local Frauenburg castle.

Literature: Heyen und Zimmer, 1966

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